In 2010, there was an interesting lawsuit about bagels.A company claimed to have created a new way to recreate "Brooklyn style" bagels and then reported that another bagel producer stole its recipe.A researcher wonders if bagel sales might have been affected simply by the story making the national news, so she tracks total bagel sales in dollars for one year before and after the news story hits.What is the dependent variable in this study?
A) the types of bagels sold
B) total sales
C) the news story
D) the lawsuit

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The dependent variable in this study is the total sales in dollars before and after the news story, as the researcher is analyzing if the bagel sales were affected by the story. A) is not relevant as the study is not looking at types of bagels sold. C) and D) are not the dependent variables, but rather external factors that may have influenced the sales.

In 2010, There Was an Interesting Lawsuit About Bagels